Battling on Land and Sea
Unit Three (21 Days)

What are some highlights from this unit?

Read Justin Morgan Had a Horse, by Marguerite Henry • Literature concepts - parts of a book, style, Newbery Award, imagery, personification, allusion, repetition, simile, onomatopoeia, idioms, dialect, standard and non-standard language • Tour the Green Mountain State of Vermont (geography, economy, culture, history, and government) • Get sticky with a Vermont Maple Nuts cooking project • Take a leap learning about amphibians (frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians, cold-blooded, hibernation, body temperature experiment, metamorphosis and life cycles, habitats, survival methods) • Explore the Neo-classical and Romantic periods, methods, and artists (Francisco de Goya, Jean François Millet, Eugène Delacroix) • Examine the works and themes of Millet in The Gleaners and The Sower, creating two of your own pieces with a common theme • Use vibrant colors and contrasting dark shadows in artwork to celebrate Goya's style •  Vocabulary, Spelling (amphibian words) and Grammar Skills (subjects, predicates, nouns, verbs, pronouns and antecedents, punctuation, acronyms, abbreviations, fragments, sentences) • Meet poet, engraver, and painter, Thomas Cole, and explore his role in the Romantic technique of Luminism with a "Mist over the Green Mountains" chalk dust technique project • Watch U.S. and foreign events escalate into the War of 1812, experience the campaigns and battles of the war, and create a War of 1812 Folder Project • Organize a family working bee • Bake Mistress Chase's Famous Caraway Cakes • Learn the fundamentals of writing a business letter • Memorize Psalm 121, and create and play "Cast the Net" – a twelve disciples game • Sample horehound candy and learn about its history • Write acronyms and make a FROG art project •  Meet Nathaniel Bowditch and read his story by Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch • Use the encyclopedia to research and write about a topic • Write three point paragraphs on a Surprise for Nathaniel Bowditch •  Plan and carry out an Amphibians Project, experiment with moisture and frog's eggs in "Slimy and Wet," and make Frog's Egg Froth • Host an All-Potato Dinner • Meet President James Madison and his wife Dolley in a President Spotlight • Hands on hearts for "The Star-Spangled Banner" as you learn about its history and origin and make an illustrated document of our national anthem • Write a cinquain about the flag • Interpret a graph about frogs in a jumping contest, have a Frog's Legs Jumping Contest, and write a short tale about a frog contest in the style of Mark Twain • Make a Lily Pad Snack and play Frog's Neck Challenge • Campaign in the Election of 1812 •  Watch as Jesus ministers to multitudes and heals and touches lives one heart at a time • Toss out your nets as you learn about the New England shipping and fishing industries, clipper chips, and the Golden Era of Sail • Make a knot project • Use alliterative phrases in tongue twisters on an amphibians theme • Head "Down East" for a Maine spotlight (history, economy, government, geography, culture) and make Maine Blueberry Muffins • Roam the bayous and marshes of Louisiana with naturalist and painter John James Audubon • Explore Cajun and Creole country and make beignets and a mini-king cake • Listen to jazz, rhythm and blues, and zydeco music, and celebrate Louisiana's culture, history, geography, economy, and government.

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